Christmas/Holiday Top 100 of All Time - 2011 Edition

Now that we're well into the Holiday Season, it's time to roll out another list.   This time it's my Top 100 favorite holiday---mostly Christmas except for one---songs of all time.

I've always loved this time of year, and as you'd probably expect, music is no exception.   For me there were two types of Christmas music....the old standards ("White Christmas" immediately comes to mind, along with traditional and religous Christmas Carols), plus the more contemporary tunes as well.   Since the day after Thanksgiving, I've been counting down my top 100 holiday favorites, posting them a few a day until Christmas Eve, when I finally revealed the #1 song around 6 PM that evening.
This chart will show the title and artist, as well as the year it first was released.   As an interesting tidbit, the last column refers to the number of people who either "liked" or commented positively on Facebook.   This info will be taken into consideration for next year's ranking.     So sit back and check out my 100 favorites as of 2011:

#

Title

Artist

Year

Likes

1	Christmas Wrapping	Waitresses	1981	14
2	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)	U2	1987	3
3	Sleigh Ride	Leroy Anderson	1950	1
4	Snoopy's Christmas	Royal Guardsmen	1967	7
5	White Christmas	Bing Crosby	1942	6
6	All Alone For Christmas	Darlene Love	1992	6
7	Rockin Around the Christmas Tree	Brenda Lee	1960	3
8	Christmas Song	Nat King Cole	1954	3
9	Christmas Song	The Raveonettes	2004	3
10	Happy Xmas (War is Over)	John & Yoko	1971	3
11	Wonderful Christmastime	Paul McCartney	1979	5
12	Grown Up Christmas List	Amy Grant	1992	3
13	You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch	Whirling Dervishes	1995	3
14	Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24	Trans-Siberian Orchestra	1996	6
15	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	Bruce Springsteen	1975	5
16	Jolly Old St Nicholas	Chicago	2003	0
17	2000 Miles	Pretenders	1983	5
18	Deck the Halls	Mannheim Steamroller	1984	0
19	Christmas All Over Again	Tom Petty	1992	3
20	Little Saint Nick	Beach Boys	1963	3

21	Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy	Bing Crosby & David Bowie	1977	11
22	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	John Cougar Mellencamp	1987	1
23	Merry Christmas Darling	Carpenters	1970	5
24	Dominick the Donkey	Lou Monte	1960	5
25	Santa Baby	Madonna	1987	2
26	Twelve Days of Christmas	Ray Conniff	1962	2
27	The Most Wonderful Time of the Year	Andy Williams	1963	5
28	Same Old Lang Syne	Dan Fogelberg	1980	3
29	Do They Know It's Christmas	Band-Aid	1984	1
30	Step Into Christmas	Elton John	1973	3
31	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	Gene Autry	1949	1
32	Hey Santa	Wendy and Carnie Wilson	1993	4
33	Silent Night	Mannheim Steamroller	1984	2
34	Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer	Elmo & Patsy	1979	6
35	Sleigh Ride	Ventures	1965	5
36	It's Christmas Again	Tommy James	2008	4
37	Feliz Navidad	Jose Feliciano	1968	2
38	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Natalie Merchant	1997	0
39	Home For the Holidays	Perry Como	1954	2
40	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	Smithereens	1988	6

41	River	Sarah McLachlan	2006	5
42	Sleigh Ride	Debbie Gibson	1992	3
43	A Holly Jolly Christmas	Burl Ives	1965	2
44	Sleigh Ride	Ronettes	1963	3
45	Christmas Time Is Here	Vince Guaraldi	1965	2
46	Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!	Chicago	1998	3
47	Here Comes Santa Claus	Gene Autry	1947	2
48	Chanukah Song	Adam Sandler	1996	6
49	All I Want for Christmas Is You	Mariah Carey	1994	4
50	It Doesn't Have to Be That Way	Jim Croce	1973	6
51	It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas	Bing Crosby	1951	7
52	Winter Wonderland	Eurythmics	1987	3
53	Baby It's Cold Outside	Rod Stewart & Dolly Parton	2004	7
54	Thanks for Christmas	XTC	1983	4
55	Oi to the World	No Doubt	1997	0
56	We Need a Little Christmas	Percy Faith	1966	2
57	Winter Wonderland	Darlene Love	1963	3
58	Marshmallow World	Darlene Love	1963	4
59	Frosty the Snowman	Ronettes	1963	5
60	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Pretenders	1987	1

61	I Love Christmas	Tommy James	2004	1
62	Reggae Christmas	Bryan Adams	1985	2
63	Christmas	Blues Traveler	1997	2
64	Carol of the Bells	George Winston	1982	4
65	Christmas Vacation	Mavis Staples	1989	4
66	Jingle Bell Rock	Bobby Helms	1957	5
67	Do you Hear What I Hear?	Bing Crosby	1963	8
68	Christmas Time	Bryan Adams	1985	3
69	Last Christmas	Wham!	1984	8
70	Where Are You Christmas	Faith Hill	2000	3
71	Blue Christmas	Elvis Presley	1957	5
72	Chipmunk Song	Chipmunks	1958	3
73	I'll Be Home for Christmas	Floyd Cramer	1967	2
74	Christmas Tonight	David Barnes w/Hillary Scott	2010	3
75	Jingle Bell Rock	Daryl Hall & John Oates	1983	6
76	Believe	Josh Groban	2004	3
77	Christmas Song	Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds	1996	1
78	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	Ronettes	1963	9
79	Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You*	Billy Squier	1981	4
80	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)	Death Cab for Cutie	2004	2

81	It's Christmas Time	Train	2010	3
82	I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (remix)	Kay Starr	2003	4
83	Santa Claus is Coming to Town	Crystals	1963	6
84	Santa's Got a Brand New Bag	Bob Seger	1966	3
85	The Bell That Couldn't Jingle	Bobby Vinton	1964	4
86	Santa Baby	Eartha Kitt	1953	5
87	Christmas Can-Can	Straight No Chaser	2009	0
88	Christmas in Hollis	Run DMC	1987	7
89	Nuttin For Christmas	Smash Mouth/Rosie O'Donnell	2000	3
90	Christmas Song	Hootie & the Blowfish	1997	6
91	Santa Claus is Coming to Town	Frank Sinatra & Cyndi Lauper	1992	6
92	Christmas Lights	Coldplay	2010	5
93	The Man With All the Toys	Beach Boys	1964	3
94	Silent Night	Stevie Nicks	1987	5
95	The 12 Pains of Christmas	Bob Rivers	1988	2
96	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas	James Taylor	2001	7
97	Father Christmas	Kinks	1977	4
98	O Holy Night	Celine Dion	1998	3
99	Run Rudolph Run	Bryan Adams	1987	1
100	Please Come Home This Christmas	The Eagles	1978	4